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Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?

Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?

Although academics are increasingly engaging with businesses, some fundamental aspects of this phenomenon (i.e., their motivations, decision-making approaches, and the interplay between the two) remain understudied.

Open-access Publisher PLOS Pushes to Extend Clout Beyond Biomedicine

Open-access Publisher PLOS Pushes to Extend Clout Beyond Biomedicine

The publisher will launch five new journals, and has introduced a new business model that aims to spread the cost of publishing more fairly.

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.

Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute

Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute

Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, cancelled its 3.2 billion euro (2.8 billion pound) stock market flotation planned for Wednesday on weak investor demand, dealing a heavy blow to Germany's vibrant IPO season.

Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute

Weak Demand Forces Springer Nature to Cancel 3.2 Billion Euro Float at Last Minute

Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, cancelled its 3.2 billion euro stock market flotation planned for Wednesday on weak investor demand, dealing a heavy blow to Germany's vibrant IPO season.

Science Publisher Springer Nature Anoounces €1.2 Billion IPO

Science Publisher Springer Nature Anoounces €1.2 Billion IPO

Despite a mixed record for German stock market flotations in 2018, Springer Nature, the world's largest publisher of English-language research journals, has announced it is taking the plunge.

Elsevier Launches Mendeley Data to Manage Entire Lifecycle of Research Data

Elsevier Launches Mendeley Data to Manage Entire Lifecycle of Research Data

Elsevier has launched Mendeley Data, a new, cloud-based platform designed to help universities and researchers manage, share and showcase their research data. With Mendeley Data, researchers can safely record and share research data while improving its reuse via publication, while universities can showcase institutional outputs and improve their collaboration rate.

SpringerNature Hurries 7 Billion Euro Frankfurt Listing

SpringerNature Hurries 7 Billion Euro Frankfurt Listing

SpringerNature, the publisher of science magazine Nature, has brought forward a listing which may value it at more than 7 billion euros ($8.6 billion) including debt, to reduce the risk from volatile stock markets.

Broad Institute Takes a Hit in European CRISPR Patent Struggle

Broad Institute Takes a Hit in European CRISPR Patent Struggle

A decision from the European Patent Office (EPO) has put the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on shaky ground with its intellectual property claims to the gene-editing tool CRISPR.

Making Medicine, Not Money: How One U of T Researcher's Startup Is Rethinking Big Pharma's Business Model

Making Medicine, Not Money: How One U of T Researcher's Startup Is Rethinking Big Pharma's Business Model

The latest medical innovation to spring from Aled Edwards’s University of Toronto lab isn’t a new protein structure or potential drug target – it’s a business model.

DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize

DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize

Reporters and editors at the local news sites joined a union last week. On Thursday, their billionaire owner closed the sites.

AI, Robotics, And The Future Of Precision Agriculture

AI, Robotics, And The Future Of Precision Agriculture

From analyzing millions of satellite images to finding healthy strains of plant microbiome, these startups have raised over $500M to bring AI and robotics to agriculture.

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley is coming for death. But it’s looking in the wrong place.